instructors and employees

Teaching portfolio

The Faculty of Science uses the teaching portfolio format described below to document educational experience, skills and reflections.

The individual teacher prepares an ongoing work portfolio containing all the activities under each of the six points. From this work portfolio, material is selected for different types of presentation portfolios, e.g. for use when applying for a new job or for staff development interviews.

The presentation portfolio in a job application will typically relate the six points to the requirements of the position being applied for, while the presentation portfolio at staff development interviews will focus on how the educational practice can be developed based on the future academic and educational challenges of the academic field in question.

The six points are:

1. Formal educational training

Summary of

Completed study programmes, e.g. Lecturer training programme or M.Ed.

Participation in higher education courses and workshops

Participation in higher education conferences

2. Administrative tasks relating to education

Summary of

Participation in councils and boards related to study programmes

Tasks as head of studies and organiser of modules, courses, or other parts of a study programme

Administrative tasks relating to education outside the university

3. Experience of study programmes, supervision and examinations

Summary of

Teaching and supervision tasks, specifying study programme, subject/module/parts of module and number of ECTS/hours

Examination and external examiner tasks

4. Methods, materials and tools

Descriptions of experiences with various

Methods of teaching and assessment

Supervision methods

Analogue and digital teaching materials, including original productions

5. Educational development and applied research into teaching at university, including educational awards

Descriptions of

Participation in educational development projects, specifying any allocated project funds. Indicate the grounds of the project, and its results.

Documentation of development projects in the form of reports and articles as well as posters and presentations at meetings and conferences

Educational (applied) research projects

Educational research training

6. Reflections on your own teaching practice and future development including student evaluations

A summary of the main features of your previous teaching practice as well as thoughts on your own future development in relation to teaching responsibilities ahead

Reflections on how you have developed your teaching practice based on student evaluations and in interaction with students and colleagues